Villes

FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER. This is a detailed survey of the city of Jerusalem during the start of the British Mandate in Palestine. Includes a large number of drawings, photographs, schematics and fold-out maps of the city, accompanied by essays in English and French. Editor Charles Ashbee was an architect, and paid close attention to the many religious edifices in the city. 285x230mm, XV+87+XVI+109 pages (only text pages are numbered). Brown Quarter-leather hardcover with large black illustration on front board. [CONDITION:] Cover edges and corners worn. Cover boards slightly dirty. Previous owner's inscription in Hebrew (dated 1969) on front endpaper. Some pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY:] This tandem-bound copy of a fascinating collection of textual and visual information is overall in very good internal condition; good external condition.